Difference between revisions of "almajiri"
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− | + | Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am. | |
− | + | *: {{ux|dv|Government build '''almajiri''' school. |(The government built a Koranic school. EGBOKHARE 2020)}} | |
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− | + | *: {{ux|dv|'''Almajiri''' dem dey beg for road. |(The Koranic school pupils are begging on the street. EGBOKHARE 2020)}} | |
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+ | *: {{ux|dv|Politician dem don sabi how to use '''almajiri''' dem to scata election. |(The politicians have perfected the use of Koranic school pupils to rig election. EGBOKHARE 2020)}} | ||
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− | * English: | + | * English: Koranic school pupil. |
Revision as of 18:07, 29 September 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: Hausa almajiri, 'pupil'. Cf Arabic al-muhājir.
Pronunciation
- àmádʒìrí
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 1
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 28823
Usage
De dey use am for North.
Noun
Person wey be sey e dey go Islamic school wey be sey e dey beg join am.
- Government build almajiri school. — (The government built a Koranic school. EGBOKHARE 2020)
- Almajiri dem dey beg for road. — (The Koranic school pupils are begging on the street. EGBOKHARE 2020)
- Politician dem don sabi how to use almajiri dem to scata election. — (The politicians have perfected the use of Koranic school pupils to rig election. EGBOKHARE 2020)
Related forms
Translations
- English: Koranic school pupil.